Portugal has banned the niqab and burqa – a move critics call xenophobic, but which John Mac Ghlionn defends as a stand for visibility and civic freedom. In an age when Europe apologises for its identity, Portugal has reminded the West that a free society requires faces seen and voices heard – not hidden behind cloth or fear of offence.

When 49-year-old Wayne Broadhurst was murdered trying to stop an illegal migrant’s knife attack, it exposed the devastating cost of Britain’s border chaos. Connor Tomlinson traces a grim pattern of crimes that never needed to happen, and asks why our leaders still prioritise open borders and ideology over the safety of ordinary Britons.

At the Van Gogh exhibition, Noel Yaxley saw more airport security than art – a symbol of how Britain has become a low-trust society. From vandalised galleries to lawless streets and political deceit, he argues that the collapse of shared values and uncontrolled immigration have eroded the civic trust that once bound the nation together.